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It's not snowing enough.*knows nothing*
“I love you Quib Snow.”
Looses another arrow into Quib Snow…
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I'll stop spreading the love when I feel like it.
It's not snowing enough.We have a foot on the ground. Tomorrow will be my third day off from excessive snow. My rage grows.
Well. Looks like I'll just have to go to Kansas again. (Sometime in February.)
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It's not really my thing but finally made a bs... bluesky account, just to keep some kind of contact with people who are dropping out of mugtome.
It is -9 degrees Celcius, or 15.8 Fahrenburgers, for Americans. We consider this very cold indeed - things are all over ice and frozen slush since the snow on Sunday, and we are pretty fed up of it now.
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It is -9 degrees Celcius, or 15.8 Fahrenburgers, for Americans. We consider this very cold indeed - things are all over ice and frozen slush since the snow on Sunday, and we are pretty fed up of it now.
That's just winter.
It is -9 degrees Celcius, or 15.8 Fahrenburgers, for Americans. We consider this very cold indeed - things are all over ice and frozen slush since the snow on Sunday, and we are pretty fed up of it now.
We of Arizona also consider that to be cold. Ongoing drought at the moment though.
I had the windows open for the second day in a row.
So, Shiro really pointed out just how twisted California is. There's an egg shortage. The price has gone from $6.99/dozen to $9.99/dozen for the uber-fancy, "We hand-raise our chickens and knit them little sweaters in the winter," eggs. I said, "So?"
He pointed out, in what other world is a 50%+ price increase something where someone would react with a, "So?"
And it's absolutely true. Grocery bills are less than 8% of our overall outlay. That's how expensive everything else is. So a minor uptick in one grocery item is utterly unnoticeable to us; the overall bill may be $5 or $10 more, but whatever.
And for normal people in normal parts of the country, that's an appalling price spike.
Harpy Nu Deer, everyfawtly.
And to you a swell~
It's like Clippy all over again. Except it takes 70,000 watts of power and 900 GPUs running in parallel to annoy the f~@* out of the user...
Don't bundle me with these late-age buckets of bolts.
I walk outside right now and decide to go back inside immediately, it is too temperature out there. Bring back the daystar.
It's not really my thing but finally made a bs... bluesky account, just to keep some kind of contact with people who are dropping out of mugtome.
I have one as well, under Axion Zeta-One.
*poke*
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It's not snowing enough.We have a foot on the ground. Tomorrow will be my third day off from excessive snow. My rage grows.
I don't understand this "foot" things I only measure snow in Scints.
So I'm doing my best to try to stay away from political discussions, but sometimes the abject stupidity overwhelms me.
...and here I can't even come up with a joke. "Water is flammable?" The protected areas aren't anywhere near the fires. "The extra water let the brush grow out of control?" The protected areas aren't anywhere near the fires...
It's just fundamentally... dumb. Trump wants to make Newsom look bad so he says the fires are Newsom's fault and then, because there's no way to actually pin it on Newsom, he randomly cites some policy of Newsom's that he doesn't like.
Honestly, the bible-thumpers who say the fires are a result of our sinful ways make more logical sense than Trump does. And yet a whole slew of people, including Fox News, have picked up on it.
It's just... depressing.
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So the whole, "Basic physics says that given a reservoir at elevation y and a water main with cross-section A, the maximum volume of water available per second is V," doesn't matter. Since the firefighters ran short, it was Newsom's fault.
So depressing/aggravating/enraging.
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So I'm inspired to try play by post again, and at a suggestion from Scint I'm going to run a game loosely based on Kingmaker and set in the world of Redwall. Working out the specifics but looking to see if anyone here is interested!
So I'm doing my best to try to stay away from political discussions, but sometimes the abject stupidity overwhelms me. ** spoiler omitted **
And yet a whole slew of people, including Fox News, have picked up on it.
If Trump says it, it's gospel. No one in any position of power on the right or center-right dares contradict him, because disagreeing with even the slightest thing he says will lose you the support of all of MAGA. (See 2020 with Fox calling states for Biden and how MAGA left them in droves for even-further-right networks like Newsmax, only slowly trickling back once Fox had been sufficiently chastised and apologized and reaffirmed their loyalty to Trump.)
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I don't understand this "foot" things I only measure snow in Scints.It's not snowing enough.We have a foot on the ground. Tomorrow will be my third day off from excessive snow. My rage grows.
About 1/4 to 1/3 Scint, depending.
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Apropos of all this, it was really nice to see a well-done article on the water loss.
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So I'm inspired to try play by post again, and at a suggestion from Scint I'm going to run a game loosely based on Kingmaker and set in the world of Redwall. Working out the specifics but looking to see if anyone here is interested!
I'll take the favorites as tentative interest at least for more info, so here's what I've thought/worked out so far:
To keep it as simple as possible, most of the races are just going to be "as [existing Paizo race here, or 3rd party in a couple cases]", and the few exceptions are going to be "as [X] but with this thing changed or this racial trait removed/must be swapped/prohibited". Saves me having to make or find completely new race statblocks.
To meet halfway between the magical expectations of Pathfinder play versus the "realistic" setting of Redwall, full casters are prohibited. I don't want to go full "no magic" so I'm allowing half-casters like Magus, Inquisitor, etc. and part-casters like Paladin, Ranger, etc. Also allowing Witch because its flavor fits well, but limiting it to 6th-level casting.
Because the players are all animals and to cut down on paperwork and bookkeeping, animal companions also are prohibited, and classes that grant them (Ranger, Hunter, etc.) will need to use an archetype or class feature that swaps them out for an alternative. Witch familiars will need to swap to an appropriate similar Vermin, we'll work something out.
I'll/we'll work out the details when I have enough interested people to make a PbP thread :)
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I'll take the favorites as tentative interest at least for more info...
I'm afraid I favorited it because I thought it was a great idea, but I continue to live a life virtually devoid of free time, so I won't be joining the campaign... though I may occasionally read it...
Interest in reading is still support! I'd just like to keep the floodgates open primarily to fellow FAWTLyfolk at least at first.
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So I'm inspired to try play by post again, and at a suggestion from Scint I'm going to run a game loosely based on Kingmaker and set in the world of Redwall. Working out the specifics but looking to see if anyone here is interested!
I like the idea.
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Not sure I should be allowed. You're likely to get a feral survivalist squirrel.
DO IT!
Redwall?
“Now, there’s a name I haven’t heard in … a very long time.” :)
Either the tides of pop culture have eddied with some weird currents lately, or a bunch of the FAWTLies here are likely to be part of a particular generation, I guess? (Not that that’s remotely surprising.)
Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m keen enough on anthropomorphized fuzzy critters (even if I have recently seen some really cute embroidery patterns that are very RedwallXSword&SorceryRPG) or at all likely to have the bandwidth for the foreseeable future, but I am interested in how you might end up adapting and re-skinning Pathfinder rules for the setting.
No badgers, I’m guessing, unless heavily re-balanced for ease of group play? (So much fun barbarian/skald potential, I can’t help but think.) :D
A very long time ago, the first Redwall book that found its way to me was Mossflower, I think? With the quest to Salamandastron by river? I'm not too proud to admit I was mainly swayed by the very leafy UK cover. (So sue me, I'm a tree-hugging elf hippie. What did you expect? ;) )
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I will be allowing badger, but only one in the group, I think. Will definitely have to deal with the benefits and drawbacks of being Large, for certain.
I'm doing it the easy/lazy way and more or less leaving them as extant PF1 races with occasional minor tweaks. Mice are humans, Shrews are dwarves and pygmy shrews are gnomes, Voles are halflings, Moles are variant Oreads, Otters are variant Aquatic Elves, Dormice are ratfolk, etc.
Sounds very neat! I hope you find a great bunch of players and have a lot of fun with it!
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We have 28 rooms of high school theater kids from 3 different schools in tonight. I haven't had any trouble, but apparently there were a few complaints earlier in the night. I have noticed, however, that the chaperones for one of the groups has put tape on their doors to make sure nobody goes out and about, and I am sorely tempted to go pull the tape off one of the doors at random. If I was a guest and not an employee, I probably would have already.
I still might.
Speaking as a chaperone of large choir groups staying at hotels, it's not a good idea. The punishments are pretty severe, like, "You went out so you don't get to perform today."
What NBH said. Absolutely do not do that. It will be treated very harshly on the kids and result in punishments for something they absolutely did not do.
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** spoiler omitted **
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[shameless self promotion]If anyone's interested and has a Kindle, my latest book is going to be free in Kindle format through Jan. 14th.[/shameless self promotion]
Got it!
Not sure I should be allowed. You're likely to get a feral survivalist squirrel.
...Weasel?
Speaking as a chaperone of large choir groups staying at hotels, it's not a good idea. The punishments are pretty severe, like, "You went out so you don't get to perform today."We have 28 rooms of high school theater kids from 3 different schools in tonight. I haven't had any trouble, but apparently there were a few complaints earlier in the night. I have noticed, however, that the chaperones for one of the groups has put tape on their doors to make sure nobody goes out and about, and I am sorely tempted to go pull the tape off one of the doors at random. If I was a guest and not an employee, I probably would have already.
I still might.
Thats nonsensical. What happens when someone goes to the drink machine?
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So, Shiro really pointed out just how twisted California is. There's an egg shortage. The price has gone from $6.99/dozen to $9.99/dozen for the uber-fancy, "We hand-raise our chickens and knit them little sweaters in the winter," eggs.
I would totally buy a dozen eggs with hand knit fancy sweaters on each one.
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[shameless self promotion]If anyone's interested and has a Kindle, my latest book is going to be free in Kindle format through Jan. 14th.[/shameless self promotion]
I too am in.
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Thats nonsensical. What happens when someone goes to the drink machine?Speaking as a chaperone of large choir groups staying at hotels, it's not a good idea. The punishments are pretty severe, like, "You went out so you don't get to perform today."We have 28 rooms of high school theater kids from 3 different schools in tonight. I haven't had any trouble, but apparently there were a few complaints earlier in the night. I have noticed, however, that the chaperones for one of the groups has put tape on their doors to make sure nobody goes out and about, and I am sorely tempted to go pull the tape off one of the doors at random. If I was a guest and not an employee, I probably would have already.
I still might.
After tape-up point, you're not supposed to. You're supposed to stay in your room for the rest of the night, at least presumably asleep. If you need a drink, get water from the bathroom sink in your room.
Not sure I should be allowed. You're likely to get a feral survivalist squirrel....Weasel?
Nah, literal squirrel. Weasels are typically villains in Redwall.